Hahaha yes, I’m actually 3 days away from being 24 (urk, weird to think about, I think I’m supposed to be acting like an adult or something by this point). It’s also super nice to hear about Kanji making something much easier, I’m used to just hearing horror stories about how difficult it is to learn!
Weeeeeell, the plan right now is earlish April, at the moment I’m planning on being there for a week during the second week or so, with the hopes of catching the cherry blossoms. I actually hadn’t considered keeping a travel blog, but now that you mention that’s a pretty good idea, and I might just end up doing that. I am not the best picture taker in the world, but yes, that is good too. I can post them to the aforementioned blog ;)